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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The SFBC's Bikes ONBoard subcommittee has worked hard under the leadership of the tireless Shirley Johnson and Caltrain is ... howwould I put it? "Grudgingly listening?" We'll see. But if it werenot for efforts from Shirley's crew, Caltrain would have just rolledtheir plan to slap up a few more racks and be done with it.

Here is a mail from Shirley to all those Caltrain cyclists who signedthe petitions circulating on the train and at bike related events thepast several months. Make time in your calendar to Crash the Gates atthe JPB meeting in January.

Update from Caltrain board meeting held November 6Caltrain staff intends to present two options for modestly increasingonboard bicycle capacity to the Joint Powers Board (Caltrain board) at theboard meeting on January 8, 2009. No word on what those two options areyet, and we're concerned that Caltrain may not adequately addresscyclists needs. We'll need a strong presence at the board meeting, soplease mark your calendar for 10am, Thursday, January 8 at 1250 San CarlosAve, San Carlos.

Email Caltrain every time you're bumpedCaltrain continues to downplay the severity of the bike capacity problem.We need to keep reminding them, so please email Caltrain every time you<92>rebumped. You'll probably get a form letter response, but please keepwriting to them. You can find a handy email link at the top of our webpage: http://www.sfbike.org/?caltrain_bob

Photo help neededWe're looking for people to take photographs on trains, particularly ifyou travel north in the morning and south in the evening. If you'd liketo help, please respond to this email. For photos so far, please see ourweb page: http://www.sfbike.org/?caltrain_bob

Thank you!

More bikes, no bumps,Shirley JohnsonBIKES ONboard project, SFBC

P.S. Please forward to other cyclists or anyone who cares about bikecommuting.